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Harold FORD, Jr., Congress, TN (1970)

FORD Harold, Jr. , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., May 11, 1970; graduated from St. Albans School for Boys, Washington, D.C.; B.A., University of…

James FORD, Congress, PA (1783-1859)

FORD James , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., May 4, 1783; attended the common schools; moved to New York City in 1797 and to Lindsley Town (later…

Nicholas FORD, Congress, MO (1833-1897)

FORD Nicholas , a Representative from Missouri; born in Wicklow, Ireland, June 21, 1833; attended the village school and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland; immigrated to the United States in 1848…

Wendell Hampton FORD, Congress, KY (1924)

Senate Years of Service: 1974-1999 Party: Democrat FORD Wendell Hampton , a Senator from Kentucky; born near Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky., September 8, 1924; attended the public schools of…

Edward Ford WEBER, Congress, OH (1931)

WEBER Edward Ford , a Representative from Ohio; born in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, July 26, 1931; attended the public schools; A.B., Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 1953; LL.B., Harvard…

Edison

(Encyclopedia) Edison, township (2020 pop. 107,588), Middlesex co., NE N.J., inc. 1870 as Raritan Township, renamed 1954. Edison's varied manufactures…

Tibbett, Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Tibbett, LawrenceTibbett, Lawrencetĭbˈĭt [key], 1896–1960, American baritone, b. Bakersfield, Calif. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1923. After a successful…

speleology

(Encyclopedia) speleologyspeleologyspēlēŏlˈəjē [key], systematic exploration of caves, popularly called spelunking. It includes the measuring and mapping of caves and reporting on the flora and fauna…

Roussel, Raymond

(Encyclopedia) Roussel, Raymond, 1877–1933, French writer. Roussel was an eccentric whose beautifully written work employed hallucinatory imagery while eschewing emotion and the expression of…

Lawrence, D. H.

(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert Lawrence), 1885–1930, English author, one of the primary shapers of 20th-century fiction. Lawrence believed that industrialized Western culture was…